Studies of cetacean evolution using genetics and other biomolecules have come a long way—
from the use of allozymes and short sequences of mitochondrial or nuclear DNA to the …

Climate change directly impacts the foraging opportunities of cetaceans (eg lower prey
availability), leads to habitat loss, and forces cetaceans to move to other feeding grounds …

Mitochondrial DNA remains a cornerstone for molecular ecology, especially for study
species from which high‐quality tissue samples cannot be easily obtained. Methods using …

Abstract The Japanese beetle Popillia japonica is a pest insect that feeds on hundreds of
species of wild and cultivated plants including important fruit, vegetable, and field crops …

In many organisms, especially those of conservation concern, traditional lines of evidence
for taxonomic delineation, such as morphological data, are often difficult to obtain. In these …

Studies of species that experience environmental heterogeneity across their distributions
have become an important tool for understanding mechanisms of adaptation and predicting …

The spatial-temporal distribution pattern of St. Lawrence Estuary (SLE) beluga is examined
with a passive acoustic monitoring network of 13 stations from June 2018 to October 2021. A …

Changing conditions in the Arctic have had severe consequences for many marine
mammals. In this study, we examined blubber cortisol using radioimmunoassay in 4 …

Background Reference genomes provide a foundational framework for evolutionary
investigations, ecological analysis, and conservation science, yet uncertainties in the …

Identification of phenotypic characteristics in reproductively successful individuals provides
important insights into the evolutionary processes that cause range shifts due to …